欧洲五城「落子」2000辆，小马智行跨过Robotaxi出海分水岭

TL;DR - Pony.ai and Uber plan to deploy more than 2,000 Robotaxis across five European cities, beginning with Zagreb, bringing Pony.ai’s planned overseas fleet above 4,000 vehicles. The partnership marks a shift from small overseas pilots toward large-scale commercial operations for Chinese autonomous-driving companies.

• Pony.ai will provide its L4 autonomous-driving system, vehicles, and operational expertise, while Uber supplies demand, payments, customer support, and its ride-hailing network.
• Local partners may finance and operate the vehicles, creating a flexible “co-built fleet” model intended to lower market-entry costs.
• Pony.ai says its seventh-generation Robotaxi has reached unit-economics break-even in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, with the autonomous-driving kit’s bill of materials reduced by 70% versus the prior generation.
• The central challenge is whether Pony.ai can reproduce its domestic order density, cost structure, and operational efficiency under differing European regulations and road conditions.